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Teenage pair wins world Latin dance contest

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 18, 2013, in Takamatsu shows Takaaki Fujisawa (R) and Honoka Miyaji, a Japanese teenage pair who won the amateur division of the New York style salsa dancing called "On 2" at the World Latin Dance Cup in Miami, Florida earlier that month.

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Norovirus kills 6 patients at Miyazaki hospital

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Shigekazu Miyaji (C), head of the Shunkokai medical association, bows with others at a press conference at the Miyazaki prefectural hall in the city of Miyazaki on Dec. 23, 2012. Six patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at Shunkokaihigashi Hospital in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, hospital officials said the same day.

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Lower house by-election in Kagoshima

HIOKI, Japan - Kazuaki Miyaji of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party celebrates after securing his win in the lower house by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture in the city of Hioki in the prefecture on Oct. 28, 2012.

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Vice minister Miyaji quits post over influence scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuaki Miyaji (C), senior vice minister at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, is surrounded by reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 15 after informing Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi of his intention to step down. Miyaji allegedly used his authority to help a supporter's grandson get into Teikyo University School of Medicine.

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Miyaji quits post over influence scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Senior vice health minister Kazuaki Miyaji fields questions from reporters in Tokyo on July 15 after informing Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi of his intention to step down. He allegedly used his authority to help a supporter's grandson get into a medical school.

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Riken Invents Nursing Robot

AICHI, JAPAN - FEB. 23: The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, known as Riken, one of Japan's top research institute, announced it invented a new robot to help care the patients by help them by taking them up in the robot's arms. The robot, dubbed Robea, can act like a human with censors to weigh the weight of patients automatically. Chisato Miyaji who experienced the robot, which took her from a sofa to a wheelchair, said she felt her body was moved up very gently just like a human helper. The robot itself is 1.5 meters tall and 140 kilograms heavy but the weight was reduced by 90 kilos from the previous model. Riken made the robot public for the press on Monday February 23 at its facility here in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Miyaji quits post over influence scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Senior vice health minister Kazuaki Miyaji fields questions from reporters in Tokyo on July 15 after informing Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi of his intention to step down. He allegedly used his authority to help a supporter's grandson get into a medical school.

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Vice minister Miyaji quits post over influence scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuaki Miyaji (C), senior vice minister at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, is surrounded by reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 15 after informing Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi of his intention to step down. Miyaji allegedly used his authority to help a supporter's grandson get into Teikyo University School of Medicine.

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Young Japan farmers aim at 'cool' agribusiness

TOKYO, Japan - Yusuke Miyaji (R), the 33-year-old founder of the nonprofit organization Noka no Kosegare Network (Network of Farmers' Sons), talks to a young farmer at a barbeque party at a restaurant in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2011. (Kyodo)